Knight-Georgetown Institute Aims to ‘Reshape Information Environment’ With Litigation, Legislation

SUMMARY Established in 2024, the Knight-Georgetown Institute is laser-focused on pushing design changes to social media platforms to limit “toxicity,” “polarization,” and “disinformation.” Its steering council includes James Baker, the FBI’s Russiagate lawyer and formerly chief counsel for Twitter, as well as Alondra Nelson, who oversaw the Biden Administration’s whole-of-government initiative to suppress disfavored online…